AWL Sublist-9

to imagine or expect that something will happen

• accommodation

• behalf

• anticipated

• bulk

having similar features to another thing and therefore able to be compared with it

• assurance

• ceases

• analogous

• coincide

to reduce or be reduced in size or importance

• diminish

• devoted

• device

• duration

coming before a more important action or event, especially introducing or preparing for it

• preliminary

• protocol

• passive

• portion

My musical tastes don't _______ with my brother's at all.

我对音乐的喜好和我弟弟完全不一样。

He's an ________ part of the team and we can't do without him.

他是球队不可缺少的一员，没有他我们可不行。

By closing the infected farms we're hoping to _______ the disease to the north of the region (= stop it from spreading to other areas).

通过关闭受感染的农场，我们希望把疾病限制在该地区的北部。

We were disappointed that they insisted on such a _____ interpretation of the rules.

他们坚持对规则进行如此呆板僵化的解释，令我们非常失望。